Book 1 & Decemberists Posters

Javier Columbus' Journal of Experimental Biology
I set up a drawing-in-response-to-text exercise, influenced by workshops I took part in during the first module of the illustration pathway at Camberwell. Little did I know that the character would develop so much by the smallest of details (ie contact with his girlfriend or a home town that gives him a geordie accent). I have developed a real attatchment to my intrepid wildlife explorer who emerged organically from the pages of my beloved free daily newspaper. An experiment with unexpectedly positive result.

This is the first of a range of fold-out 'books' I am producing for the Final Major Project.

I plan, in a book illustrating commercialism and our consumer society (was originally going to illustrate "multiples" with this), to be a little more experimental with screenprinting. It's a shame I was too ill to do the workshop last week, but I'll be an early birdie on Monday and sign up for this week. I will use this workshop to see what is possible when mixing colours, practice alignment with multiple screens and work on different papers. This will help me in designing imagery for the final story... which thus far I want to be all deep and ambiguous and call Consumers.

Through following the Decemberists on Facebook, I have discovered what a fantastic range of screenprinted posters they have. There are hundreds, each one a beautiful and fascinating image.
Chris Turnham has produced these:

The fact that he manages to create such impact and contrast with a muted, tateful palette is impressive. The forms are elegant and I enjoy the environments he has created from block pastel colours.

I am very pleased to have discovered the Zeloot studio, and have had to limit myself to only his posters for the Decemberists. There are so many more beauties on his site.


Wow. Marq Spusta.